PHT 2287 Cardiopulmonary Conditions Project
Instructions: Write a paper related to your assigned cardiopulmonary condition
Content: The paper must at minimum address all of the topics/questions on the next page. Any information that is specific to your condition should also be included.
Sources: The paper should be based on the Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical therapy textbook and any other textbooks utilized or accessible in the program or library. The paper MUST contain a MINIMUM of 4 research articles from a scholarly journal no older than 2014.
Format/Style: The paper and references (both books and journals) must be in APA style (See Writing Lab for assistance)
Intellectual property: All content in the paper must be your own thoughts. All information taken from textbooks, scholarly journals or other sources must be cited within the paper and cited in the references. Any plagiarism will result in an automatic “0” on the project. The similarity index for submission on Turnitin.com must be 25% or less.
Cardiopulmonary Conditions Instructions
(Must be included in paper and discussed in presentation)
1. What population is this condition typically found in?
2. How does the condition typically occur? What is the etiology?
3. What anatomical structures are involved?
4. What medical interventions are required?
5. What precautions or contraindications must the PTA be aware of during the patient’s medical treatment and/or during recovery?
6. What is the typical time frame for patient full recovery OR how long following medical intervention until the patient is considered able to return to full functional abilities (or return to PLOF).
7. What types of PT interventions are typically used to treat the condition during the:
a. acute phase
b. functional phase
8. Are there any recommended interventions that do not fall under the PTA’s scope of work?
9. Create an example daily treatment plan for the patient 3 weeks following injury/medical intervention based on information found during your research.
| CATEGORY | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Points |
| Sources | Use of 4 or more scholarly journal sources all no more than 5 years old. (2014) | Use of 3 scholarly journal sources and some textbook or internet sources. Or at least one of the sources is more than 5 years old. | Use of 0-2 scholarly journal sources and a couple textbook or internet sources. | Sources are only from textbook or internet sources. | |
| Citation Style | Cover page, in-text citations, and page layout are in APA style. | Only 2 aspects are in APA style. | Only 1 aspect is in APA style. | None of the paper is in APA style | |
| References | All references are documented in APA style in the references page. | 75-99% of the references are documented in APA style in the references page. | 50-74% of the references are documented in APA style in the references page. | 49% or less of the references are documented in APA style in the references page. | |
| Paragraph Construction | All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. | Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. | |
| Organization | Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. | Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. No subheadings. | Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. No subheadings | The information appears to be disorganized. | |
| Quality of Information | Information clearly relates to the main topic and it includes several supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic and it provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. | Information vaguely relates to the main topic and limited details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic with no supporting examples. | |
| Content | All 9 bullets of the instructions are discussed. | 7-8 of the bullets from the instructions are discussed. | 5-6 of the bullets from the instructions are discussed. | 4 or less of the bullets from the instructions are discussed. | |
| Mechanics | No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. | 2-3 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors | 4-5 grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. | 6+ grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. |
